Vina (Maizura), a high school teenager, who comes from a city in West Java, moves to a high school in the capital city of Jakarta. On her first day at school, Vina is laughed at because of her accent and is also intimidated by a male student. Luckily, Vina is helped to adapt by respected four girls and a boy. There is Kris (Sheryl Sheinafia) the leader, Jessica (Agatha Pricilla) who is funny and obsessed with beauty, Gina (Zulfa Maharani), the richest child in the group, the beautiful and mysterious Suci (Lutesha), and Jojo (Baskara Mahendra), the only male. Vina quickly becomes part of the gang, known as the Free Gang. Their togetherness is disturbed by a tragic event that causes these six friends to be separated. All the events in their teens are revealed when Vina (Marsha Timothy) meets again unintentionally with Kris (Susan Bachtiar) at the hospital. Kris, whose life is sentenced to be soon pass away, asks Vina to collect the Free Gang again so she could meet everyone one last ...
In terms of modeling, people tend to only notice the skin-deep presentation, while 'Struggling Girls' is actually about 'choices'. The three main characters represent humanity, bestiality, divinity. Various incidents have also inspired different choices they made. There is no true evil in this film. All characters were trying their best to be their true selves while hurting each other at the same time. It is like a miniature of the society, where everyone is self-righteous and yet does not have a trace of true goodness and peace in their hearts.
Part time taxi driver and full time bum Ki-hoon lives one day at a time. His only wish is to live happily ever after with Hyun-hee. One day, Ki-hoon runs over a man while driving at dawn and it is only the beginning of his troubles. That same day, before the car accident, a corrupt businessman's mistress and her lover are hiding in a hotel room after having taken off with the man's dirty funds. But their happiness is short lived when things go haywire due to the man's cronies, cops and mistaken identities. As hitmen, cops, and the two lovers get entangled, one of them runs out with the money. But soon he runs into Ki-hoon's taxi and the man is killed on the spot. Ki-hoon thinks his luck has changed for the best when discovers the cash and leaves it in the care of Hyun-hee as she works her shift in a convenience store. Now the hitmen and the cops are hot on the trail of Ki-hoon. The paths of these unfortunate individuals come to a head at the convenience store
